Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Even Georgia ?!?!?

A recent AJC poll found that a plurality of Georgian's now approve of same-sex marriage.   Really?   Really??   Even Georgia???

The poll showed that 48% favor, and 43% oppose gay marriage.   This is just short of an actual majority, but still a definite plurality.

Because Georgia is one of those states that passed a constitutional amendment to forbid it, to overturn it will take either (1) a 2/3 vote in both legislative houses and then a simple majority of the voters;   or (2) a U. S. Supreme Court decision that it is unconstitutional.

So don't expect this to happen any time soon.    But this is quite an astonishing turn-around in itself.  As with all other places, it is very much age related.   The 18 to 30 age range strongly approves -- so just the passage of time will bring us there eventually.

Ralph

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